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Catawba County

Population in July 2007: 426. Population change since 2000: -2.8%
 

Males: 195  (45.9%)
Females: 231  (54.1%)
Median resident age:  42.1 years
North Carolina median age:  35.3 years

Zip codes: 28602.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $28,800 (it was $27,375 in 2000)
Brookford  $28,800
North Carolina:  $44,670

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $69,300 (it was $56,200 in 2000)
Brookford  $69,300
North Carolina:  $145,700

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Races in Brookford:

  • White Non-Hispanic (88.7%)
  • Other Asian (4.8%)
  • Hispanic (2.8%)
  • Other race (2.1%)
  • Black (1.8%)
  • Asian Indian (0.9%)
  • Two or more races (0.9%)

2008 cost of living index in Brookford: 85.4 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (23.0%), German (11.5%), Irish (8.3%), English (6.2%), Dutch (4.1%), Scotch-Irish (3.5%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 1010 feet

Land area: 0.55 square miles.

Population density: 775 people per square mile 
 
 (low).

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For population 25 years and over in Brookford

  • High school or higher: 56.3%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 3.2%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 0.4%
  • Unemployed: 5.4%
  • Mean travel time to work: 21.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Brookford town

  • Never married: 26.7%
  • Now married: 42.5%
  • Separated: 4.6%
  • Widowed: 10.1%
  • Divorced: 16.1%

22 residents are foreign born (4.8% Asia).

This town:  5.1%
North Carolina:  5.3%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Brookford:  0.7% ($366)
North Carolina:  0.8% ($826)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Gastonia, NC (33.0 miles , pop. 66,277).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Charlotte, NC (49.4 miles , pop. 540,828).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (519.4 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Mountain View, NC (2.1 miles ), Hickory, NC (2.7 miles ), Long View, NC (3.0 miles ), Northlakes, NC (5.0 miles ), Hildebran, NC (5.1 miles ), St. Stephens, NC (6.5 miles ), Rhodhiss, NC (7.5 miles ), Icard, NC (7.8 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 0 buildings
  • 1997: 0 buildings
  • 1998: 0 buildings
  • 1999: 0 buildings
  • 2000: 0 buildings
  • 2001: 0 buildings
  • 2002: 0 buildings
  • 2003: 0 buildings
  • 2004: 0 buildings
  • 2005: 0 buildings
  • 2006: 0 buildings
  • 2007: 0 buildings

Number of permits per 10,000 residents


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Latitude: 35.70 N, Longitude: 81.35 W


Area code commonly used in this area: 828

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Population change in the 1990s: +1 (+0.2%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Furniture and related products (24%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (12%)
  • Construction (9%)
  • Food (6%)
  • Chemicals (4%)
  • Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers (4%)
  • Truck transportation (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Department and other general merchandise stores (13%)
  • Furniture and related products (12%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (10%)
  • Health care (10%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (19%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (15%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (11%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
  • Carpenters (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (11%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (8%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (6%)
  • Cashiers (5%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Woodworkers (5%)


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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 1 (1 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  2.35
US city average:  3.00

Average climate in Brookford, North Carolina

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Brookford-area historical tornado activity is slightly below North Carolina state average. It is 9% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/5/1989, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 5.3 miles away from the Brookford town center killed 4 people and injured 52 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 5/7/1998, a category 4 tornado 11.7 miles away from the town center injured 2 people and caused $1 million in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Brookford:
  • CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER (about 1 miles; HICKORY, NC)
  • FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 5 miles; HICKORY, NC)
  • VALDESE GENERAL HOSPITAL INC (about 19 miles; VALDESE, NC)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Brookford:
  • HICKORY REGIONAL (about 4 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID: HKY)
  • CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 45 miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; ID: CLT)
  • GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG INTL (about 83 miles; GREER, SC; ID: GSP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Brookford:
  • WILSON'S (about 4 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID: E40)
  • LANEYS (about 19 miles; MAIDEN, NC; ID: N92)
  • MORGANTON-LENOIR (about 20 miles; MORGANTON, NC; ID: MRN)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Brookford:
  • CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 1 miles; HICKORY, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,052)
  • GASTON COLLEGE (about 28 miles; DALLAS, NC; FT enrollment: 2,473)
  • GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY (about 39 miles; BOILING SPRINGS, NC; FT enrollment: 2,563)
  • APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 44 miles; BOONE, NC; FT enrollment: 12,245)
  • CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 7,967)
  • WINTHROP UNIVERSITY (about 51 miles; ROCK HILL, SC; FT enrollment: 4,976)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE (about 51 miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 13,706)

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Church in Brookford: Hillside Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Reservoir: Shuford Mills Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Barger Branch (A). Display/hide its location on the map

 

Average household size:
This town:  2.2 people
North Carolina:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  64.5%
Whole state:  68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  3.0%
Whole state:  4.6%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  10.5%
Whole state:  12.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  5.4%
Whole state:  5.5%

Brookford compared to North Carolina state average:
  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • House age significantly above state average.
  • Number of college students significantly below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Brookford travel time to work


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2004 Presidential Election results in Catawba County North Carolina:




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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Other Government Administration 0$0 5$1,041
Financial Administration 1$2,392$28,7041$762
Police Protection - Officers 1$2,299$27,5880$0
Solid Waste Management 2$3,986$23,9161$744
Totals for Government 4$8,676$26,0287$2,547



Brookford government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - All Other: $115,000
    Parks & Recreation: $1,000
  • Current Operations - Regular Highways: $128,000
    Central Staff Services: $99,000
    Police Protection: $70,000
    General Public Buildings: $23,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $6,000
    Fire Protection: $4,000
    General - Other: $3,000
    Parks & Recreation: $2,000
    Health Services - Other: $1,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $67,000
  • Miscellaneous - Rents: $20,000
    Interest Earnings: $8,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $2,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - General Public Building: $20,000
    General - Other: $4,000
    Regular Highways: $2,000
    Police Protection: $1,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $257,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $19,000
    General Support: $15,000
  • Tax - Property: $100,000
    NEC: $1,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $217,000

6.79% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($41,065 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.79%
North Carolina average:  8.53%

0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($146 average AGI)
Catawba County:  0.04%
North Carolina average:  0.17%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Burke County, NC  0.72% ($31,433 average AGI)
from Caldwell County, NC  0.57% ($28,517)
from Lincoln County, NC  0.55% ($35,239)


6.15% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,448 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.15%
North Carolina average:  7.27%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($494 average AGI)
Catawba County:  0.05%
North Carolina average:  0.10%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Burke County, NC  0.63% ($27,954 average AGI)
to Caldwell County, NC  0.54% ($29,689)
to Lincoln County, NC  0.50% ($33,464)


Strongest AM radio stations in Brookford:
  • WHKY (1290 AM; 50 kW; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
  • WAIZ (630 AM; 1 kW; HICKORY, NC; Owner: NEWTON-CONOVER COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • WCXN (1170 AM; daytime; 8 kW; CLAREMONT, NC; Owner: WCXN, INC.)
  • WBT (1110 AM; 50 kW; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATNS CO. OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • WLTC (1370 AM; 20 kW; GASTONIA, NC)
  • WNNC (1230 AM; 1 kW; NEWTON, NC; Owner: NEWTON-CONOVER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WKGX (1080 AM; daytime; 5 kW; LENOIR, NC; Owner: FOOTHILLS RADIO GROUP, LLC)
  • WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WYCV (900 AM; 1 kW; GRANITE FALLS, NC; Owner: FREEDOM BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WAGL (1560 AM; daytime; 50 kW; LANCASTER, SC; Owner: PALMETTO BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.)
  • WBCU (1460 AM; 50 kW; UNION, SC)

Strongest FM radio stations in Brookford:
  • WFHE (90.3 FM; HICKORY, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY RADIO FOUNDATION, INC.)
  • W232AV (94.3 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: DAVID TORRES)
  • W218BW (91.5 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • WLYT (102.9 FM; HICKORY, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WPEG (97.9 FM; CONCORD, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WNKS (95.1 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WLNK (107.9 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • WKBC-FM (97.3 FM; NORTH WILKESBORO, NC; Owner: WILKES BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WBAV-FM (101.9 FM; GASTONIA, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WXRC (95.7 FM; HICKORY, NC; Owner: PACIFIC BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
  • WAGI-FM (105.3 FM; GAFFNEY, SC; Owner: GAFFNEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WKVS (103.3 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: FOOTHILLS RADIO GROUP, LLC)
  • WMIT (106.9 FM; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WNCW (88.7 FM; SPINDALE, NC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
  • WECR-FM (102.3 FM; BEECH MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: RONDINARO BROADCASTING, INC)
  • WZJS (100.7 FM; BANNER ELK, NC; Owner: HIGHLAND COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATES, LLC)
  • WWMG (96.1 FM; SHELBY, NC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WSGE (91.7 FM; DALLAS, NC; Owner: GASTON COLLEGE)
  • WFMX (105.7 FM; STATESVILLE, NC; Owner: MERCURY BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WKKT (96.9 FM; STATESVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)

TV broadcast stations around Brookford:
  • WHKY-TV (Channel 14; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
  • WBTV (Channel 3; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS/WBTV, INC.)
  • WJZY (Channel 46; BELMONT, NC; Owner: WJZY-TV, INC.)
  • WWWB (Channel 55; ROCK HILL, SC; Owner: WWWB-TV, INC.)
  • WCNC-TV (Channel 36; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: WCNC-TV, INC.)
  • WAFF (Channel 48; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
  • W38CN (Channel 38; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: NATIONAL MINORITY T.V., INC.)




Brookford fatal accident list for 2002:
Mar 10, 2002 03:53 AM, Catawba Valley Blvd, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1


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